The Leafs Geeks Podcast

Jeff Veillette joins us this week to break down the Marlies' Calder Cup run (quick heads up: this was recorded before Game 6).

0:52 – Major storylines from the Calder Cup playoffs.
7:26 – Marlies’ advanced stats (courtesy of Jeff’s manual tracking)
20:49 – Goaltending (Sparks & Pickard)
35:37 – Trevor Moore and Pierre Engvall.
41:32 – Miro Aaltonen and Carl Grundstrom.
47:35 – Our undying love for Justin Holl.
53:09 – Jeff developing into a poor man’s Jason Allison.

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Jude MacDonald (@JudeLeafs on Hockey Twitter) joins me this week to discuss how our views on hockey have changed dramatically over the past few years.

4:33 – Our (ill-conceived) opinions during the Carlyle/Nonis era.
7:49 – My analytics origin story.
14:11 – The way we look at defencemen.
18:08 – Preconceived notions clouding our judgement.
22:24 – How I overvalued Corsi when I first learned about it.
27:46 – Writers who helped us change our views.
32:40 – Ineffective players we still root for as fans.
37:55 – Stats we like using for player evaluation.
46:58 – Wrapping things up.
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Gus Katsaros from McKeens joins us this week to take a deep dive into Toronto's systems, breaking down what they can learn from Vegas' success this year.

2:54 – What can we learn from Vegas’ systems?
9:41 – Comparing it to Toronto’s forecheck.
20:20 – Evaluating the Leafs’ DZ play.
32:55 – Toronto’s breakouts.
36:34 – Would moving Nylander to centre help with breakouts?
43:19 – Players we’re looking forward to seeing next season.

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Cam Robinson from Dobber Prospects joins us this week to preview the upcoming NHL Draft.

1st Round Defencemen
2:57 – Ryan Merkley.
7:16 – Bode Wilde.
9:54 – Nils Lundkvist.
12:20 – Best Player Available vs. the added value of a RHD.
14:17 – Calen Addison.
15:52 – Jett Woo.
17:28 – Rasmus Sandin.

1st Round Forwards
19:56 – Martin Kaut.
22:00 – Vitali Kravtsov.
24:22 – Dominik Bokk.
25:58 – Grigori Denisenko.
28:10 – Jonatan Berggren.
1:03:50 – Akil Thomas & Ryan McLeod.

2nd Round Prospects
32:29 – Jonny Tychonick.
34:27 – Nicolas Beaudin.
36:40 – Filip Kral.
38:21 – Toni Utunen.
40:52 – Niklas Nordgren.
43:11 – David Gustafsson.
45:04 – Jake Wise.
46:45 – Jay O’Brien.

Mid-Late Round Prospects
48:00 – Aidan Dudas.
49:13 – Johnny Gruden.
49:52 – Ruslan Iskhakov.
50:44 – Bulat Shafigullin.
52:46 – Cole Fonstad.
54:06 – Nando Eggenberger.
56:07 – Nathan Dunkley.
58:07 – Jesse Ylonen.
1:03:02 – Kirill Marchenko.

Overagers
59:23 – Jerry Turkulainen.
1:00:46 – Sean Durzi.

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Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey)from The Athletic joins us this week to preview the Leafs' upcoming offseason.

4:05 – Is Carlson worth the money?
11:30 – Other RHD Targets (Tanev/Hjalmarsson/Pysyk/Gudas)
16:03 – Rasmus Andersson.
19:09 – Greg Pateryn.
22:26 – Julius Honka.
31:06 – Patreon Podcasts!
34:57 – Should the Leafs pursue Tavares?
37:57 – 3rd line centre (Nylander, Bozak, or UFA)
48:05 – Does Leivo crack the lineup next year?
52:20 – Trading Matt Martin.
54:49 – PTO Forwards?
57:48 – The best offseason is usually a quiet offseason.
1:02:08 – Bonus overages and the 2019 cap crunch.
1:05:30 – Final thoughts.

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Jeff Veillette from The Faceoff Circle joins us this week to take a deep dive into the Toronto Marlies' roster as they head into their Round 2 of the Calder Cup Playoffs.

1:11 – Just how good are the Marlies?
9:00 - Their excellent depth on D.
14:45 – Carl Grundstrom.
17:53 – Miro Aaltonen.
23:14 – Pierre Engvall.
27:44 – Mason Marchment.
31:04 – Justin Holl.
47:46 – Garrett Sparks.
55:04 – Sheldon Keefe’s future.
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Theo joins us this week (for once) as we discuss the Leafs' heartbreaking Game 7 loss to Boston, what we learned from this season, and the Dubas/Hunter situation.
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Anthony Petrielli from Maple Leafs Hotstove joins us this week to help break down this crazy TOR-BOS series.
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Andrew Berkshire from Sportsnet joins us this week to take a deep dive into the TOR-BOS series (which is starting to look competitive!)
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